Welcome to Recipe for Romance!
I hope your last weekend before school starts is awesome. Oh, it’s not this weekend? Well, it is for us and it’s our last “back to school” weekend, ever. Muirlette #2 is entering her senior year and I’m amazed we’re here.
I’m sharing a snippet of TAKE THE REINS, book 1 in the Rifts Series, and winner of the 2015 Best PNR award! Bethany Stanton was just taking a walk when she stumbled across a rift between worlds and ended up getting captured by centaurs. Would that she could tempt them with a delicious apple pie.
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“So, human, why have you come here?”
Bethany returned her gaze to the general and fought against a grimace. “I didn’t mean to come here. As I told the captain, I was just going for a walk and I ended up here.”
He tilted his head and strode around her, his gaze assessing, but not sexual. He waved one hand through the air behind the small of her back and grunted with surprise. “You’re truly not a centaur.”
“No, I’m not.” Bethany narrowed her eyes.
“And not a gorgon or a druid?”
“No.”
“Humph. We’ll see about that.” An appaloosa male sneered as he paced closer, striking out at Bethany’s head to grab her hair.
She ducked and pivoted away from him, wishing she had a rope to hogtie his arms. Instead, she kept her gaze on the bigger beings, mentally calculating how fast she’d have to run to make it to something she could climb.
“Enough.”
The general hadn’t spoken loudly, but the authority in his voice stopped everyone in place. Bethany braced herself for evasive action, but held her ground. Men had been trying to railroad her for years and she’d hit her threshold of tolerance.
“You will be respectful of those in our village.”
Bethany raised her chin. “Tell him that.”
A smile quirked the general’s lips. “It was a warning for him.”
“Oh.” Bethany grimaced. “Sorry.”
The general grunted and turned his attention to the other centaurs. “I will take care of this disturbance and determine its danger to us, Stal Corbin.”
The appaloosa man glowered, but nodded and led the other elder centaurs back toward the large barns. Bethany watched them go and reminded herself men with too much power appeared the same no matter the species. They’re just like dear ole daddy. She didn’t have much hope this general would be any different.
“Have you a name by which we can call you?” The general returned to stand in front of her.
“Bethany Stanton. From Kentucky.” She refrained from holding out her hand to him.
“Greetings, Mare Bethany, I’m General Warrick Spearthrower.” He gestured toward one of the smaller structures to the side. “Come with me and explain how you encountered the Rift through which you came.”
Amish Sour Cream Apple Pie
Apple pie is a very traditional sweet dish in most American households, but this one has a different twist on the traditional favorite that makes it both delicious, but less goopy (that’s a technical term, BTW). It has quickly become the go-to apple pie in our house.
INGREDIENTS FOR PIE
1 cup sour cream
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tbsp gluten-free flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups peeled, grated apples (about 5 apples)
1 9 inch (23 cm) unbaked pie crust (I make my from scratch gluten-free – see pumpkin pie recipe)
INGREDIENTS FOR CRUMB TOPPING
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup gluten-free flour
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven at 400 F (204 C).
Beat sour cream and egg together until smooth. Add sugar, salt, vanilla, and flour. Mix until smooth.
Stir in apples until completely coated by sour cream mixture. Spoon into pie crust.
Bake for 25 minutes. While the pie is baking, mix the crumb topping ingredients together until crumbly.
Remove pie from oven and spread top with crumb topping until completely covered.
Return pie to oven and bake for an additional 20 minutes. Cool and serve.
That apple pie looks delicious! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for reading, Iris. 🙂
A gret snippet and wonderful cooking.
Thank you, Suzi. 🙂